Make-Up

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Make-Up

from the album Vanity 6 from the album Originals Song details Performer: Vanity 6; Prince First Released: 11 August 1982 - Vanity 6 album 7 June 2019 - Originals album (Prince version) Album(s): Vanity 6 Originals Writer(s): Prince (credited to Susan Moonsie) Producer(s): Prince (credited to The Starr* Company and Vanity 6 on Vanity 6) Live Appearances First and last live appearance: 23 October 1982, Cramton Auditorium - Howard University, Washington D.C., USA (Vanity 6 ’solo' show, possibly preceded by other shows) 11 November 1982, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium, Chattanooga, TN, USA (first performance as part of a Prince show, during Vanity 6 opening act, no Prince input) Performed regularly on tour: 1999 Tour (during Vanity 6 opening act, no Prince input) Performed occasionally in shows: This track is not known to have been performed live as part of a Prince show other than on the 1999 Tour.

Make-Up is the sixth track on Vanity 6’s first and only album Vanity 6. The track was written, produced and largely performed by Prince (as was the rest of the album). Five months after the album’s release, it was included as the b-side of He’s So Dull, the album’s third single. While specific recording dates are unknown, basic tracking took place in Summer 1981 at Prince’s Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen, Minnesota (during the same set of sessions that produced Wet Dream, Drive Me Wild and I Need A Man). The tracks were intended for an album by The Hookers, which was abandoned in Fall 1981, and which later evolved into Vanity 6. Vocal overdubs by Vanity and Brenda Bennett were added in Spring, 1982, when the band had evolved into Vanity 6. In 2019, Prince’s own version was released as the fifth track on the posthumous album Originals. Recording Information Recording Sessions Date Studio Additional info Summer 1981 Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Basic tracking Spring 1982 Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA Vocal overdubs by Vanity and Brenda Bennett Spring 1982 (assumed) Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) Remix Recording Personnel Vanity 6 version Susan Moonsie - lead vocals Vanity - vocals (uncertain) Brenda Bennett - vocals (uncertain) Prince - all instruments (credited as The Time) The Hookers version Susan Moonsie - lead vocals Jamie Shoop - vocals Prince - all instruments Prince version (on Originals) Prince - all instruments and vocals Don Batts - engineer Versions Released Versions Title Length Released Version Additional info Make-Up 2:40 Vanity 6 He’s So Dull single Drive Me Wild single Studio Make-Up 2:27 Originals Prince vocal version released in 2019 Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in... Title Length Released Version Additional info I Don’t Wanna Leave You 6:30 What Time Is It? The Walk 12" single Studio 30 seconds of an unreleased remix of Make-Up were mixed at the end of I Don’t Wanna Leave You Unreleased Versions Title Version Additional Info Make-Up Studio Original The Hookers version before vocal overdubs Make-Up Remix 30 seconds of this unreleased remix were mixed at the end of I Don’t Wanna Leave You

Additional Information See also Trivia Vanity 6 album Vanity 6 The Hookers unreleased album References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

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